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Orange Region

The Orange region is comprised of Orange County.

Top Job Openings 2020-2030

High-Skill Occupations

  • General and Operations Managers:
    • 31,080 projected job openings, $123,315 median annual wage, 578 job ads.
  • Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other:
    • 28,260 projected job openings, $105,957 median annual wage, 406 job ads.
  • Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers:
    • 23,420 projected job openings, $155,426 median annual wage, 696 job ads.
  • Registered Nurses:
    • 19,490 projected job openings, $132,685 median annual wage, 1,695 job ads.
  • Accountants and Auditors:
    • 18,410 projected job openings, $87,868 median annual wage, 397 job ads.
 

Middle-Skill Occupations

  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks:
    • 23,410 projected job openings, $54,756 median annual wage, 406 job ads.
  • Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:
    • 13,380 projected job openings, $59,120 median annual wage, 516 job ads.
  • Medical Assistants:
    • 13,210 projected job openings, $45,896 median annual wage, 498 job ads.
  • Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
    • 12,490 projected job openings, $46,520 median annual wage, 325 job ads.
  • Nursing Assistants:
    • 12,070 projected job openings, $46,320 median annual wage, 266 job ads.
 

Entry-Level Occupations

  • Fast Food and Counter Workers:
    • 97,630 projected job openings, $36,422 median annual wage, 452 job ads.
  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides:
    • 75,100 projected job openings, $34,558 median annual wage, 833 job ads.
  • Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 
    • 64,050 projected job openings, $39,521 median annual wage, 499 job ads.
  • Cashiers:
    • 62,510 projected job openings, $36,159 median annual wage, 380 job ads.
  • Retail Salespersons:
    • 53,190 projected job openings, $37,069 median annual wage, 1,684 job ads.

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To improve data quality, the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program has aggregated some 2018 SOC detailed occupations into SOC broad occupations or OEWS-specific combinations.

Projected total job openings is the sum of exits, transfers, and numeric change. The Top 10 occupations were identified based on projected total job openings 2020-2030.

Median wages are the estimated 50th percentile of the distribution of 2024 first quarter wages. 50 percent of workers in an occupation earn wages below, and 50 percent earn wages above the median wage. Wages do not include self-employed or unpaid family workers. Median Annual Wages have been rounded up to $33,280 to reflect state minimum wage laws as of January 1, 2024.

Online job ads data are taken from the Lightcast data series. The Lightcast data series compiles, analyzes, and categorizes job advertisements from numerous online job boards.

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some occupations are no longer being published aggregately and instead were published as separate occupations. The median annual wage for Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1256) reflects the wage for the occupation Software Developers (15-1252). The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) reflect job ads postings for the occupations Software Developers (15-1252) and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1253).

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some occupations are no longer being published aggregately and instead were published as separate occupations. The median annual wage for Project Management Specialist and Business Operations Specialists, All Other (13-1198) reflects the wage for the occupation Project Management Specialists (13-1082). The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) reflect job ads postings for the occupation Project Management Specialists (13-1082).

Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some occupations are no longer being published aggregately and instead were published as separate occupations. The median annual wage for Teacher and Instructors, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers (25-3097) reflects the wage for the occupation Teaching and Instructors, All Other (25-3099). The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) for Teachers and Instructors, All Other, Except Substitute Teachers (25-3097) reflects job ads postings for the occupations Tutors (25-3041) and Teachers and Instructors, All Other (25-3099).

The median annual wage for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (25-2021) in North Coast Regional Planning Unit reflects the wage for the North Coast Region, which is comprised of the following counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino.

The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) for Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120) reflects job ads postings for the occupations Home Health Aides (31-1121) and Personal Care Aides (31-1122).

The total job ads (June 5, 2024 - August 3, 2024) for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (25-9045) reflects job ads postings for the occupations Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education (25-9042); Teaching Assistants, Special Education (25-9043); and Teaching Assistants, All Other (25-9049).